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S/S 2012 Trends A/Z

WE SAW: I saw sea shells on the sea shore - the
aquatic theme is the one designers had most fun with for
spring/summer 2012 - from Mary Katrantzou's psychedelic sea beds to Chanel's underwater world and Sarah Burton's McQueen mermaids - with Versace's starfish and Armani's water-inspired women in between, the deep blue sea
kept us cool throughout, almost.

WE TALKED: From chatter to Twitter and back - we
talked incessantly about who would go to Dior. If it's Marc Jacobs, will Phoebe take the Louis Vuitton job? If she does, who'll take Celine? Will Raf Simons go to YSL? Stefano Pilati is staying there, you say? Well then where
will Raf go? McQueen was amazing - Sarah Burton should go to Dior! Will she? Would she? Azzedine Alaia's been seen at the
shows - maybe he's going to Dior. He should! Will he? Would he? Will Galliano come back to Galliano? It was worse than football fans fighting over premier
league players.

WE MOANED: In Paris we talked endlessly about
the heat. Hot hot hot - Net-A-Porter offered emergency free postage
for summer clothing deliveries to Paris. Claire Waight Keller had a
difficult audience to please for her Chloe debut but she sure made some friends by taking the roof
off the Tuileries tent before she even started. Even Alber Elbaz got bad press for getting us so hot and bothered
and everybody always loves him. During Viktor & Rolf it hit 40 degrees in there and fashion
tempers flared as make-up ran.

WE CELEBRATED: The best of the best? Sarah
Burton at McQueen - under such pressure, her work is supreme.